Rail-joint.



H. BROBERG.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.1Z, 1912.

1,069,46. a nt d Aug..12, 1913.

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H. BROBERG.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1912.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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HENRY BROBERG, OF WARM SPRINGS, MONTANA.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Brion-ERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vfarm Springs, in the county of Deer Lodge and State ofMontana, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints and its object isto produce a device of this class through. the medium of which theadjacent ends of the rails in a stretch of track become interlocking,and the heads of the adjacent rail ends are beveled i the samedirection, thus practically making the track one continuous rail andavoiding the noise and jar incident to the wheel striking the ordinarystraight rail head.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following speci fication, pointed out in the claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of thespecification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portionof a rail showing the splice-bar secured to the web and provided with acleat to be secured in the grooved base of the adjoining rail. Fig. 2 isan end view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the rail illustrated inFig. 1. Fig. at is a side elevation of the rail to be placed adjacentthe one illustrated in Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are top plan views, respectively, of Figs. 3 and &. Figs. 7 and 8 are inverted plan views of thesame. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of two rails joined by my improvedjoint. Fig. 10 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 11 is a top plan.Fig. 12 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 11.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1912.

Patented A11 12,1913.

Serial No. 690,353.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

Each end of each rail is provided with my improved joint which consistsof a splicebar 1 secured to or formed integral with the web 2 of therail and projecting beyond the end of the rail and adapted to lit snuglyagainst the web of the adjoining rail towhich it may be bolted ifdesired. The splice-bar l. is provided with a transverse cleat 3 nearits free extremity which cleat is adapted for insertion in a transversegroove 4: formed in the base of each rail near each end. The cleats 3are adapted to rest upon the ties to which they are spiked in the usualmanner. The meeting ends of the rails provided with my improved jointare beveled in the same direction as shown thus avoiding unnecessary jarin use. Each rail is provided with one of my improved joints at eitherend arranged on alternate sides.

lVhat is claimed is The combination of two rails, each rail having itsbase transversely recessed, a splice bar made integral with the web oi?each rail, each splice bar being projected beyond the head of its railand disposed upon the remote side or its rail web with relation to theother splice bar, a transverse apertured cleat carried at the treetermination of each splice bar to engage the recessed portion of theadjacent rail base and spikes for securing the said cleats to the railties.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY BROBERG.

Vitnesses J. P. BRENNAN, A. P. I-IARKs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

